Example sentences of "[prep] [was/were] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most interesting cases that Maureen came across that I knew of was a peregrine falcon . |
| 2 | The first production that he was involved with was a pantomime Dick Whittington . |
| 3 | That er it should be any account for a pension fund should carry the name of pension fund and any transactions involved with pension fund money wh it should be a duty of the Financial Institution to make sure that any account they were paying money into was a pension fund account . |
| 4 | Er we would say that as , that as far as pension funds are concerned , stock lending in that way should be prohibited and the puerilely ca carrying on that er is that er it should be any account for a pension fund should carry the names of pension funds and any transactions involved with pension fund money whether it should be a duty of financial institutions to make sure that any account they were paying money into was a pension fund account . |
| 5 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 6 | The way I looked at was a rubbish tip , that bit it looks as if he 's cleared and the grass is growing . |
| 7 | The right wall had a cupboard door , with the stair door at the far end ; on the space between was a mahogany bookcase which my father had made . |